Our partnership with Tesco

About our partnership

Since 2018, we’ve worked with Tesco, Cancer Research UK and Diabetes UK through the ‘Helping you to live healthier’ partnership. Together, we’ve delivered health insights and interventions and raised more than £36 million for the 3 charities, united by a shared ambition to improve the nation’s health.

The partnership has engaged millions of Tesco customers and colleagues through health initiatives and fundraising, including 2019’s world record-breaking Dance Beats event, and a £3 million round-up-at-till campaign during the pandemic. In May 2025, alongside the other charity partners and Tesco, we urged the UK government to mandate standardised health reporting across the food industry to help support the nation’s health.

Helping customers with their heart health together

High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart attacks and strokes. It can often have no symptoms, but if it is spotted early, it can be treated.

Through campaigns focused on blood pressure awareness, heart healthy recipes and practical everyday support, the partnership has helped customers access trusted information, services and simple ways to support their heart health.

Together, BHF and Tesco encouraged people to get their blood pressure checked for free in a Tesco pharmacy, with pharmacy colleagues on hand to explain readings and help customers understand what their numbers mean.

The campaigns also shared tips and recipes for heart-healthy eating, helping people make healthier choices in a way that fits into everyday life.

The ‘Let’s Talk’ pharmacy service

Launched in 2022, the ‘Let’s Talk’ pharmacy service delivers specialist training to Tesco pharmacists and pharmacy colleagues through e-learning modules. The training helps colleagues support anyone at risk of developing, or living with, heart and circulatory diseases, cancer, or type 2 diabetes.

Tesco pharmacists and pharmacy colleagues who have completed the training wear a ‘Let’s Talk’ badge, making it easier for customers to identify someone they can speak to in confidence.

Customers can access free advice on signs and symptoms, as well as support to make positive lifestyle changes, while they shop. 

To find your nearest participating Tesco pharmacy, visit www.tesco.com/pharmacy

* Neither the support or advice provided by the Tesco pharmacy team through ‘Lets Talk’ is intended to provide expert medical or diagnostic advice or substitute for the advice of a physician.